CHARLESTON - West Virginia has lost the enrollment equivalent of six full counties in a single year, a crisis that state Board of Education President Paul Hardesty warns will lead to financial disaster unless state leaders modernize the school aid formula. In a conference call Wednesday ...
WHEELING — The city of Wheeling's Stormwater Department needs residents’ help identifying potential drainage issues before heavy rain arrives. Superintendent Mike Chiazza explained that with more than 3,000 catch basins and hundreds of miles of storm sewer infrastructure throughout the city, crews rely on residents to help identify problems that may not be visible during routine inspections. Citizens who notice any of the following should report it: - Clogged catch basins or storm drains - Debris blocking ditches, channels or streams - Headwalls, culverts or drainage pipes ...
WHEELING – Elm Terrace Shopping Plaza business owners were busy Tuesday cleaning muddy water from their shops after a short but powerful storm flooded the area Monday afternoon. The deluge caused storm drains to back up, with water shooting up to 4 feet from some drains and runoff flowing ...
CHARLESTON – Several Republican members of the West Virginia Legislature are encouraging the state’s two U.S. senators to back a ban on greyhound racing included in the latest version of the federal farm bill, while two lawmakers from Ohio County expressed support for the industry. In a letter sent Monday to U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice, both R-W.Va., eight members of the West Virginia Legislature urged the senators to endorse the Greyhound Protection Act within the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026. The letter was first reported by West Virginia Public ...
WHEELING — The case of a former Wheeling Middle School principal charged with a felony count of child abuse is headed to a grand jury. A preliminary hearing for Rich McCardle was held Tuesday in Ohio County Magistrate Court before Magistrate Mike Lemmon to determine whether there was ...
WHEELING – Citizens packed the house Tuesday night at the Warwood Veterans Association when an impromptu town hall meeting was held to share concerns about a new data center proposed for the former Centre Foundry & Machine Company property. W.Va. Del. Shawn Fluharty organized the event ...
